Released beta 4.40.4

[Daniel Bird]

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Julian Field wrote:

> What MTA are you using? Please say Exim :-)

Indeed! 8-)

>
> Daniel Bird wrote:
>
>> Daniel Bird wrote:
>>
>>> Julian Field wrote:
>>>
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I have just released a new beta-test version, 4.40.4.
>>>>
>>> Been running for about 2 hours and seems fine.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I lied. Seems it got itself in a loop, continually rescanning messages.
>> Had to revert. Will test tomorrow.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>> This release is mainly for fixes to the Bayes database rebuilding, and
>>>> for more Postfix testing.
>>>>
>>>> I have replaced my spam.assassin.prefs.conf and now use a very
>>>> slightly
>>>> modified version of the one provided by Fortress Systems (thanks
>>>> Steve!). The change is to maintain compatibility with all previous
>>>> versions that keep their Bayes files in ~/.spamassassin.
>>>>
>>>> Also the RAR archive handling is greatly improved.
>>>>
>>>> Download it as usual from www.mailscanner.info.
>>>>
>>>> The full Change Log is:
>>>> * New Features and Improvements *
>>>> - The "clamavmodule" scanner cannot unpack archives of RAR version 3.
>>>>  2 new configuration settings allow you to unpack the latest RAR
>>>> archives
>>>>  for testing by the "clamavmodule" scanner.
>>>>  It also enables the contents of the RAR archive to be checked for
>>>> illegal
>>>>  filenames and filetypes, and also to see if they are
>>>> password-protected.
>>>>  Unrar Command = /usr/bin/unrar
>>>>  Unrar Timeout = 50
>>>> - "Allow Password-protected Archives" can now be a ruleset when using
>>>> the
>>>>  clamavmodule virus scanner.
>>>> - Multiple "Subject:" lines are removed. The 1st one is kept.
>>>> - If the "Unrar Command" is defined and points to an executable
>>>> program,
>>>>  it will automatically be used by the "clamav" scanner. No -wrapper
>>>>  tweaking is needed to do this any more.
>>>> - You can now use shell environment variables such as $HOSTNAME or
>>>>  ${HOSTNAME} in MailScanner.conf and its relatives.
>>>> - More improvements to the phishing net.
>>>> - More additions to the starter phishing.safe.sites.conf file.
>>>> - Removed my spam.assassin.prefs.conf file in favour of the one from
>>>>  www.fsl.com, with just enough changes to produce an identical file
>>>>  layout to my previous versions.
>>>> - Re-enabled ALL_TRUSTED rule after comments from Matt Kettler.
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> - Added long comment about ALL_TRUSTED rule, many thanks to Matt
>>>> Kettler.
>>>> - Improved screen behaviour of RPM-based init.d script.
>>>> - Greatly improved RAR archive handler, thanks to Rick Cooper.
>>>>
>>>> * Fixes *
>>>> - Fixed problem with missing Attachment-Warning when encountering a
>>>> virus
>>>>  that is both silent and non-forging.
>>>> - Improved output format of Sender warning, and removed duplicate
>>>> lines.
>>>> - In IPBlock facility, changed MTA dsn to 451 to temporarily refuse
>>>> the
>>>>  connections, rather than the total block it used to do.
>>>> - Removed erroneous log output from SpamAssassin bayes-rebuilder.
>>>> - Postfix problem fixes.
>>>> - Fixed SpamAssassin Bayes database rebuild timeout problem
>>>> (hopefully!).
>>>>
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>> Daniel Bird
>> Network and Systems Manager
>> Department Of Information Services
>> St. George's Hospital Medical School
>> Tooting
>> London SW17 0RE
>>
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>> F: +44 20 8725 3583
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Daniel Bird
Network and Systems Manager
Department Of Information Services
St. George's Hospital Medical School
Tooting
London SW17 0RE

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F: +44 20 8725 3583
E: dan at sghms.ac.uk
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